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Tech stocks today: OpenAI makes changes to military contract, Amazon data centers struck in Middle East warfare

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Tech stocks today: OpenAI makes changes to military contract, Amazon data centers struck in Middle East warfare OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) CEO Sam Altman said on Monday that the ChatGPT maker was amending its agreement with the Department of Defense to explicitly state its principle of not surveilling Americans…
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  • Federal government must immediately cease all use of Anthropic's technology

    80% confidence

  • OpenAI is working with DoD to amend agreement to make principles very clear about not surveilling Americans

    80% confidence

  • What we are witnessing is a tsunami-like shock in memory supply chain with ripple effects across consumer electronics industry

    80% confidence

  • OpenAI was trying to deescalate standoff between Pentagon and Anthropic but timing made it appear opportunistic and sloppy

    80% confidence

  • Department of War has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans or develop autonomous weapons without human involvement

    80% confidence

  • If Anthropic doesn't help during phase-out, will use full power of presidency to make them comply with major civil and criminal consequences

    80% confidence

  • The global smartphone market, particularly Android manufacturers, faces a significant threat from memory shortage

    80% confidence

  • Latest iPad Airs are up to 30% faster than M3 iPad Air and 2.3x faster than M1 iPad Air

    80% confidence

  • Microsoft-OpenAI partnership remains strong and central with no changes to IP, commercial, revenue-sharing, or AGI processes

    80% confidence

  • Azure remains the exclusive cloud provider for stateless OpenAI APIs

    80% confidence

  • CoreWeave capital expenditures will increase from $15.4B in 2025 to at least $30B in 2026

    80% confidence

  • Computing has fundamentally changed; in the age of AI, software runs on intelligence with tokens generated in real time

    80% confidence

  • Anthropic cannot in good conscience agree to Pentagon's request for unrestricted AI model access

    80% confidence

  • Anthropic has until 5:01 PM ET on Friday to decide on Pentagon's terms

    80% confidence

  • OpenAI retains full discretion over safety stack, deploys via cloud, has cleared personnel in the loop, and has strong contractual protections

    80% confidence

  • Pentagon's latest contract language made virtually no progress on preventing Claude's use for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons

    80% confidence

  • OpenAI agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's

    80% confidence
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